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| Criterion |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. | For products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | KPI Tree, Owner List | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement | GrowthMetricsExperiments | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |